Tag: homeschooling
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Keep letting kids ask ‘why’!
Why is the sky blue? Why are clouds white? Why do clouds even start with the letter C? These are common questions my three year old asks every day. He is not alone. Many kids his age get to the bottom of things by asking questions. Yet by the time kids reach middle school, they…
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Keep finding joy!
My husband leaves for work early and returns home late. He barely sees daylight given his work. On rare occasions when he is home, he notices changes here and there. Like on Thursday, he was home. He noticed how dark it got by 5pm and didn’t like it. Like him, I loathe this time of…
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Keep building character in children!
Another homeschooling week has begun and right now, I am dreading the start of the week. As I typed this earlier in the day, my sons were having fun playing with water, wishing they could go swimming rather than going to Math. The last time they went swimming was the summer of 2019. But the…
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Keep co-learning about dinosaurs!
My children are at the age where dinosaurs are their best friends. Not only do we read all sorts of books about dinosaurs, but thanks to Forest Park, there is a dinosaur park they love to visit every weekend. The other day they drew maps about how we went from our house to the park.…
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Keep building confident learners in 1st grade!
I came across a statistic recently on why reading by the end of third grade matters. It matters for success in high school and beyond. It matters because it’s the crucial point when children start using reading to learn other subjects. It also matters to mitigate delays in language and social emotional development in early…
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Keep supporting working mothers!
Not only did I teach my virtual class today, but I also took my 4 month old to his doctor’s appointment. The day started like every other Tuesday, with a packed work schedule, homeschooling 3 kids, and my son’s afternoon appointment all on my mind. Why, then, one wonders, are working mothers experiencing what can…
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Keep the bright side in mind!
Today marks day 60 into my writing journey. This past month was difficult and draining and the last thing on my mind was writing. The idea of not writing was equally devastating. So I tried my best to write. I knew I had a story to tell, another keep worth fighting for, worth writing about,…
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Keep coloring the dead, keep coloring life!
The most famous holiday in Mexico is today, The Day of the Dead. It’s a day were large numbers of tourists descend upon Mexico to watch a range of artistic displays, carnivals, even ritual performances all around the theme of death. Plus there are skulls, lots and lots of skulls and skeletons too, all confronting…
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Keep affirming children’s learning at home during and post this pandemic!
One of the greatest burden and gift of living through this pandemic is homeschooling. It’s a burden. Simple. Ask any mother currently homeschooling any child and they will list all the burden. For me, my list is long, but I’ll spare you the trouble and focus on one-Attention. Attention is difficult for a six year…
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Keep rethinking the possibilities of skeletons and motherhood!
For art this week, my third grader made a unique, ravishingly beautiful but simple depiction in celebration of the Day of the Dead. The instructions were simple. Watch the Festival of the Bones book on YouTube, then draw skeletons in white in an interesting background highlighted with a bit of accent color and gel pens.…
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Keep shining as bright as the moon!
In Religion yesterday my son learnt about God and how he created everything. Religion is the one subject that truly captivates his attention for a long time compared to other subjects. Since the start of the school year we have been coloring and learning about the 10 commandments. I honestly don’t know if he remembers…
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Keep teaching how ‘I’ is for ice-cream with rugged ease!
We learnt about the letter ‘I,’ my son and I this past week. It was the perfect letter for a son who adores ice-cream. He also got the perfect math assignment to count with his favorite thing, ice cream cones. Homeschooling has been grueling the past few weeks and we finally did our first set…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 